Why Matt Troutman?

Personal Attention

• The Personal Attention you deserve is not likely to come from heavy advertisers and law firms who try to manage too many cases, too many lawyers and too much overhead.
• The Personal Attention you deserve will not come from paralegals, young associate lawyers, secretaries or clerks. Communicating to your lawyer through others is ineffective, frustrating and leads to errors.
• Heavy advertising lawyers and law firms are unlikely to provide easy access to an experienced lawyer. You may talk to an experienced lawyer initially, but during the case you have to communicate through others and your initial lawyer may not be representing you from start to finish.
• The Kentucky Auto Accident Attorney has twenty (20) years of experience handling and litigating auto accident cases and he will give you his singular attention, which means:
• You will have a twenty-year veteran attorney representing you from start to finish.
• You will communicate directly with your attorney and not a young associate or paralegal or secretary.
• You will have virtual 24/7 access to your attorney.
• You will be copied on all correspondence or other work performed in your case, which means you will always know the status of your case and will rarely, if ever, have to call to find out the status of your case.
• You will be explained ahead of time what to expect and the timetable for the events taking place in your case.

Aggressive Representation

Aggressive representation does not mean settling your case too quickly before its true value can be established. Many heavy advertisers and law firms handle a high volume of cases and they cannot afford to spend the time and effort it requires to make sure that you obtain the highest possible settlement. They must settle your claim quickly in order to get to the next case and be profitable. In order to settle your case quickly, they settle it cheaply. Insurance companies for people causing your injuries love the heavy advertisers and law firms who need to settle the cases quickly because they know that they will settle cheaply in order to get on with the next case.

Aggressive representation does not mean being unwilling to litigate your case. Many lawyers like to avoid the courtroom and will settle your case for less than it is worth in order to avoid the stress of litigation and a trial.. Some heavy advertisers litigate none of their cases, but simply transfer the case to another law firm if they cannot settle it. Ultimately, the lawyers who are confident and respected litigators are the ones obtaining the best results for their clients because the insurance companies know that they have no leverage against a confident litigator. Of course, most cases are settled, but the best settlements result come from aggressive litigators who enjoy trying cases and are not afraid to try the case to obtain the best result.

The Kentucky Auto Accident attorney will provide the aggressive representation that is necessary for you to obtain the highest value for your case, which includes the following:

• A willingness to litigate your case and try it to a jury if necessary to obtain the best result for you.
• Prepare the proof necessary to obtain the best result possible including the retention of whatever experts may be needed.
• Know the law so that all possible damages can be recovered for you.
• Having the resolve and determination to overcome opposing counsel and difficult circumstances.
• Making persuasive and forceful arguments before the Court and jury.
  
  

Results

While no attorney can promise certain results in a case, The Kentucky Auto Accident Attorney can promise that every effort will be made to obtain the best result possible for your case. Below are some sample results from some of the Kentucky Auto Accident Attorney’s cases:

Estate of Juanita Hinton v. State Farm Insurance Company (Uninsured Motorist Claim). Juanita Hinton was killed when an uninsured drunk driver crossed the centerline of a road in Lexington, Kentucky. She maintained a $250,000.00 uninsured motorist policy and State Farm agreed to pay out their limits. The greatest challenge in this case was that Medicare had paid out more than $100,000.00 in medical expenses and under a strict federal law was entitled to require the estate to reimburse it out of the $250,000.00 State Farm policy. Fortunately, Medicare agreed to waive their claim due to the circumstances of the case.

George Abell v. State Farm Insurance Company (Uninsured Motorist Claim)
George Abell was a passenger in the car operated by Juanita Hinton and he was injured in the same accident. Because he was a passenger in Juanita Hinton’s automobile he had access to the uninsured motorist policy maintained by Juanita Hinton on the vehicle she was driving at the time of the accident. Mr. Abell suffered a broken sternam, lacerated small intestine, bruised heartand several other minor injuries. He received a settlement without a lawsuit in the amount of $200,000.00

Judith Schaefer v. Pro Logistics – This is the companion case to the Estate of Robert Bivin v, Pro logistics ., described below. Judith Schaefer was standing next to Robert Bivin as he was filling her gas tank with gasoline in the emergency lae of I-65 near Bowling Green, KY,when they were both hit by a tractor trailer. Miraculously, Judith Schaefer survived the impact. She broke many bones and had several operations, but she not only survived but has been able to return to work as a nurse. A lawsuit was filed in Bowling Green, KY and the case was litigated until a settlement was reached prior to trial. The challenge in this case was the limited insurance proceeds available to satisfy Ms. Schaefer’s claim. The trucking company was organized so that it did not have much in assets (the trucks were owned by a leasing company) and therefore it was difficult to convince the trucking company to pay a significant amount of money above the insurance. Through discovery facts were discovered regarding how the trucking company was organized and how they had dissipated significant assets after this accident that provided a basis for Ms. Schaefer to pierce the corporate veil so that she could go after the personal assets of the trucking company’s shareholders. This information help lead to a settlement of over $900,000.00 where over $500,000.00 was paid directly by the trucking company over and above the insurance.

William Sealey v. Gaus & Carlisle - On November 2, 2004, William Sealey was injured when two vehicles collided in the opposite traveling lane in Louisville, KY causing one of the vehicles to cross the center line and strike Sealey’s vehicle. Both Defendants blamed each other for the cause of the accident and both did not believe Sealey sustained a brain injury among other injuries. This case was further complicated by the fact that Sealey was involved two subsequent auto accidents. At mediation less than $20,000.00 was offered by bothe defendants combined. The case was tried before a Jefferson Circuit jury in March 2007 resulting in a $124,000.00 verdict for Sealey./

Estate of Robert Bivin v. Pro Logistics - Robert Bivin tragically died when he assisted a stranded vehicle that had run out of gas and a tractor-trailer operated by Pro Logistics ran off Interstate 65 near Bowling Green, Kentucky and killed Mr. Bivin. Mr. Bivin’s estate obtained a policy limits settlement from Pro Logistics, and a policy limits settlement with two layers of underinsured motorist coverage.

Estate of Greg Harris v. Turner Expediting - A young father of two girls was killed on the Watterson Expressway when his vehicle ran into the rear of a slow moving truck. Originally, this case appeared to have a significant liability issue since Mr. Harris ran into the rear of the tractor-trailer, but a detailed investigation revealed that the tractor-trailer was traveling at an unsafe slow speed without emergency lights . A computer animation of the accident showed that Mr. Harris had insufficient time to avoid the tractor-trailer, which had mechanical difficulties and was traveling too slow on the highway in the dark. A significant settlement was obtained for the estate, which allowed the family of Greg Harris lifetime financial security.

Valladares v. Mitsubishi - A Canadian family of four were in an auto accident on the Gene Snyder Freeway in Louisville, KY on October 29, 2002. The auto accident involved a moderate rear- end collision, but the collision caused a fire that quickly engulfed the vehicle and badly burned the two children and two adults in the vehicle. The liability limits of the at-fault driver were quickly recovered and this lawsuit involved a products liability lawsuit against Mitsubishi who had built the Eagle Vista station wagon driven by the Valladares. The basis of the product liability lawsuit was that Mitsubishi negligently designed the vehicle by placing the spare tire in a position so that a rear-end accident would drive the spare tire into the gas tank causing an explosion. The case was settled through a federal mediation.

Downey v. Robey - This accident involved a tractor-trailer and a pedestrian, Randy Downey, who was working at a highway construction site. Roby, the driver of the tractor-trailer for Eck Miller Transportation, drove his tractor-trailer over Downey’s foot and ankle causing Downey to lose half of his foot. This case was tried to a jury verdict in March of 1998 and Downey received a verdict in the amount of $691,911.00.

Decker v. Sanders - This auto accident occurred in Glasgow, KY and was tried before the Barren Circuit Court in May of 2002. Karen Decker had received soft tissue injuries in this auto accident and her medical expenses were only $8,629.10 and the jury returned a verdict in the amount of $74,995.89.